Spirit Faces, by Mark Macy

Spirit Faces: Truth About the Afterlife, by Mark Macy
WeiserBooks, 2006
161 pages, no index, 24 pages of color photos
Library: 133.9 MAC

Description
Spirit Faces is a visionary book based on Mark Macy's fifteen years of research into life after the life we know in this material world. Macy's work with ITC (instrumental transcommunication) has included receiving messages from those who have passed by means of TV, radio, telephone, computer, fax machine, and now through Pollaroid photography. In this book, he weaves his groundbreaking information, along with evidence from other researchers, into a fascinating account of life on the other side.

Spirit Faces may seem, as Mark Macy states, "a bit spooky at first," But this is not a scary book. It is a travel guide for the journey we all are making-in this body and beyond.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Gary Leon Hill
Introduction
Part One: A Glimpse at the Other Side
1. More to life than meets the eye
2. Where are the spirit worlds?
3. Pictures from the other side
4. A little spooky at first
5. About those pictures and the Luminator
6. the Miracle of ITC research
Part 2: A Deeper look into the worlds of the spirit
7. The Worlds of spirit
8. The journey home
9. A Tour of paradise
10. Journey to the dark spirit worlds
11. To the edge of the ethereal realm
12. Spiritual insights offer "real world" perspective
Part 3: Putting the knowledge to use
13. Tianna and William
14. Debbie and John
15. Recent results at the Monroe Institute
Part 4: Reshaping Our Lives through spiritual insight
16. Knowing our human heritage
17. A Network of global visionaries
18. Charting our personal destiny
19. Charting our global destiny
20. Knowing our personal mission for this life and beyond
Afterword
About the author

Your Reincarnating Child, by Gilbert Childs and Sylvia Childs

The title of this book is misleading - it actually doesn't deal with children who have been reincarnated, but rather children who have been "incarnated" and how to raise them.

Nevertheless, I thought the subject matter was so interesting that I thought I'd share it here anyway!


Your Reincarnating Child: Welcoming a Soul to the World, by Gilbert Childs and Sylvia Childs
Sophia Books, 1995
169 pages plus Notes and References. No index and no photos
Library: 133.9013 CHI

Description
The primary contention of this book is that...us lives beyond death, and eventually returns... [Text obscured by library sticker!] With this knowledge in mind, the authors give much sound practical advice as to how parents, and others who spend time with children, can welcome a soul to the world and help it grow into a healthy and responsible human being.

Mainstream educational policies and practices can result in children being pushed prematurely towards adulthood, before having had a chance truly to experience childhood. As the authors demonstrate, an understanding of the nature of the human being as comprising body, soul and spirit leads to the conclusion that every child should be allowed to grow slowly into the world.

'One of the main purposes of this book,' writes the authors, 'is to demonstrate that human beings are primarily of spiritual nature, and only secondarily of bodily nature.' They explain how these two natures complement each other in the processes of maturation and development from the period before birth, or incarnation, to maturity. As well as a firm philosophical grounding, Your Reincarnating Child discusses critical questions surrounding the pre- and antenatal periods, including issues connected to clothing, food, play, work, technology, discipline and much more.

Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Welcome to the World!
-the miracle of birth
-The crown of creation
-Assistance from the spiritual worlds
-'Out of the everywhere into the here'
-The eternal spirit can never be born
-Were you a wanted child?

Chapter 2: Gateway to the World
-Pregnancy as a creative deed
-The mixed blessing of pregnancy
-Don't forget Father!
-Be conscious of what you choose to do
-Where will your baby be born?
-Why induction?
-And what about the hustle and bustle?
-Soften the harsh outlines of the world
-Grasping situations
-Remember your child has chosen YOU

Chapter 3: Getting Priorities Right
-Seeds of stress
-Treatment on arrival
-A daily bath is not necessary
-Swaddling is sensible
-Not on its stomach, please!
-What about those 'comforters'?
-No noise please-for baby's sake!
-Exercises for the baby?
-A hardening process is an aging process
-The vexed question of toilet training
-A human being grows up slowly

Chapter 4: Some Advice You May Not Need
-So tired!
-Peace at any price?
-Why is your baby crying?
-Crying and attention seeking
-Goodnight rhythms
-The comfort of the known
-Sensory overload plus
-A child sets its own developmental limits
-Time and space to grow...
-Avoid pomoting independence too soon
-Imitation as a formative force
-Be aware of what you say
-orking with love for the task
-Learning self-control
-By way of review

Chapter 5: Is Your Baby Fashion-Conscious
-Blood and fire
-Clothes for the new-born baby
-Several changes of clothes
-No hat equals problems
-Decades later health may suffer
-Check the way the garments are made
-Natural materials feel good
-Is your baby really fashion-conscious?
-The outer becomes the inner

Chapter 6: Food Matters
-Off to a good start
-Breast-feeding vs Bottle-feeding
-Digestive upsets are a cause for concern
-Will-full behavior
-Proper weaning is vital
-Nothing but the best
-Is meat a dietary necessity?
-A special word about eggs
-The formation of eating habits
-Recapitulatory overview
-Instant, convenient-and junk
-Food as a sacrament

Chapter 7: From Play to Work
-Play is a serious business
-Rigid playthings lead to rigid thinking
-Stimulating imagination
-Babies do not get bored
-A new world for baby
-Moving toys for toddlers
-Those awful 'comic' characters
-Repetition is important
-Play is work
-Art for a child
-Every picture tells a story
-Outer noises stifle inner quiet
-Is sport such a good thing?
-The kindergarten-a social milieu
-As grandparents would, so kindergarten should
-Social skills

Chapter 8: Discipline: From Diversion to Negotiation
-Good habits and discipline
-A changing scene
-Tired and scratchy
-Working towards independence
-No one can reason with a small child
-Moralizing does not work
-Don't tidy up after your child
-The will wants power
-Watch the signs
-Does your child ask questions all day?
Imaginative stories
-No extraneous bribes, please
-Nine or ten - such a sensitive age
-Anger, frustration and temper tantrums
-Stand firm in the face or argument
-Punishment or reward
-Most parents do their best
-Baby-rearing is now big business

Chapter 9: Technology-A Mixed Blessing?
-We cannot put the clock back
-The 'flushing toilet' syndrome
-Television is no substitute for mum or dad
-Arguments against television
-The alien in our home
-Television hinders proper child development
-Television is a lie to our organism
-Created zombies
-More insidious effects of television
-Insomnia
-TElevision as teacher?
-Computers are compulsive
-Video 'games' are anything but

Chapter 10: Courage and Fear
-Courage: what is it?
-Have courage for the truth
-Classical literature contains truth
-Human relationships are not easy
-Our collaspsing society
-The problem of pain and illness
-'Riddle of destiny...'
Our urge to know and understand
-Hope and despair

Notes and references
Duggestions for future reading

Crossing Over, by John Edward

Crossing Over: The Stories Behind the Stories, by John Edward
Jodere Group, 2001
259 pages, no photos, no index
Library: 133.9 EDW

Description
John Edward is changing the way millions of people think about life after death. High nightly show, Crossing Over with John Edward, has been the talk of the television industry since it first hit the airwaves in June 2000 on the Sci Fi Channel. Now, as Crossing Over becomes nationally syndicated, the first-ever psychic television host takes his millions of fans behind the scenes of his life, his work, and his breakthrough program.

In Crossing Over-the book-John brings his readers with him on the extraordinary journey that has been his life since his New York Times bestselling One Last Time was published in 1998.

In the style of his TV show and personal appearances-poignant, funny, and remarkably candid-John deals head-on with the controversial issues he has confronted on his voyage as a psychic medium. Readers might be surprised to learn that it hasn't always been smooth sailing. On the way to becoming an internationally celebrated medium, , John has had to learn his own lessons about the meaning of his work and about the motivations of some of the people he has met on his path.

The book also tells the powerful stories of the people John has encountered and the spirits that have accompanied them: the songwriter from Tennessee whose famous father comes through, setting off an extraordinary chain of events leading to an amazing discory in a memorabilia show in Dallas.

The science teacher who leaves her dying grandfather in a nursing home to come to a group reading with John-and finds her grandfather coming through half an hour later, saying he wanted her to leave his bedside so she could report back to the family that he had crossed over safely.

The young woman working on a project with John whose murdered boyfriend interrupts a taping session to tell her it's all right for her to move on.

And John's own quest to hear from another medium the words he's waited a decade for: the signs he and his mother agreed she would give him from the Other Side to tell him she was okay.

Through these stories and many others, John brings peace and insight to those who grieve for their loved ones.

Readers of this book will be captivated by the wit, warmth and passion that John brings to his work, and by the stories behind the stories that have riveted millions of viewers of his landmark program.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue
1. Great Expectations
2. My Three Signs
3. The Producers
4. Proving Grounds
5. Six Lies and videotape
6. Legends of Rock
7. Medium Cool
8. Crossing Over
9. Camera One Closes In
10. The Medium and the Media

Ghosts Among Us, by Leslie Rule

Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters, by Leslie Rule


Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, the stories of the supernatural in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters will keep you riveted. Macabre and fascinating, Leslie Rule's latest book offers true-life haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted sites. The personal firsthand reports and chilling full-length stories explore mysterious events across the country-from Nantucket Island to San Antonio to Hollywood-events that the reader will find hard to pass off as mere coincidences.

Leslie Rule, daughter of true-crime author Ann Rule, has had a lifelong fascination with the paranormal. Her previous writing success includes Coast to Coast Ghosts, two suspense novels, and more than fifty feature articles in national magazines. Her photography has appearewd in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan.

Contents
Foreword by Anne Rule
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Spirits of Seattle
2. Playtime
3. Haunted amusement parks
4. Eat, drink and be scary
5. Four-footed spirits
6. Spirit photography capturing ghosts
7. Ghostly letters
8. Their house is a museum
9. Hosts and ghosts
10. Haunted hotels
11. Cemetery stories
12. Ghosts on the road
13. A helping hand
14. B&B&G (Bed and breakfast and ghost!)
15. When justice is done

Book: A Ghost in My Suitcase, by Mitchel Whitington

A Ghost in My Suitcase: A Guide to Haunted Travel in America
by Mitchel Whitington
Atriad Press, 2005

Description
Pack up your traveling shoes, fire up the family car, and prepare to hit the road for a haunted tour of America. Whether you're wandering the dark, dank catacombs under the city of Portland, Oregon, or exploring a Florida bed and breakfast where a heartbroken bride still walks the hallways, you will find this book a spine-tingling good time. Take a spirited sweep across the country - fifty states, and fifty haunted destinations. Each one has a ghostly tale to tell, and all are public places that you can actually visit any time you are in town. If you dare.

Walk the hallways of these places with the author and hear their stories and the fascinating history behind them. Read personal, first-hand accounts of the chilling encounters the author experienced while visiting them: a mysterious rapping on the headboard of a majestic Arkansas resort by some unseen hand; a female spirit who wanted a Wyoming hotel room all to herself; and the phantom figure of a man with a long, gray beard who walks a historic garden in Texas. You will also discover how to visit a haunted library with on-line cameras to allow a paranormal investigation from your own home computer.

Grab your suitcase and get ready - it's time to go ghost hunting across America!

Table of Contents
Normally I share the Table of Contents of books, but this one is 50 entries long, one for each state of the Union, including Hawaii and Alaska!

Check it out.



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